Self-retaining splint.



B. SCHEINKMAN.

SELF RETAINING SPLINT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY l.19l6.

1 ,270 880. Patented July 2, 1918.

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Specification of Letters ratent.

Patented July 2, 1918.

, Application filed July 1, 1916. Serial No. 107,030.

Extensive use of the prior device has shown the same to be highly meritorious, but has developed the presence of certain disadvantages, the obviating of which is the gpwer of fecundation, but experience object of the present invention.

It is well recognized by the medical profession that a relatively large number of men employed in positions occasionin severe mental strain are the victims of high nervous tension which affects their systems in various ways. It is not uncommon, in men of this class, that their nervous instability affects their genitalia with the result that they are rendered more or less impotent. These men, as a rule, do not lose their eat fliculty in securing the necessary ful ness or firmness of the genital organs to properly function.

With the foregoing in mind, the present inventionembodies a. mechanical substitute for the erectile tissue of the corpora cavernosa of the genital organ so that fecundation ma result even in the absence of an erection.

y the employment of the device of this invention, moreover, the nervous debility of the user is alleviated and his confidence in his ability, the lack of which is most generally the cause of his impotency is fostered with theresult that, in a comparatively short time, it effects a permanent cure, whereu on the employment of the device may be ispensed with. p I

Features of theinvention and their advantages 'other than those specified will be apparent from the following description, read in connection with the accompanying drawings.

In the accompanyin drawings I have illustrated the preferre practical embodiment of the invention but the structure shown is to be understood as illustrative only and not as defining the limits of the invenion.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device embodymg the present invention, the parts be ing shown in extended position;

ig. 2 is a plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of ig. 4 is a side elevation showing the parts in operative positions; and

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

eferring to the drawings, A designates a single elongated splint member preferably of arcuate cross-section. The member A may be made from any suitable material but is preferably formed from some semi-rigid compound such as a gelatin composition, rubber or other similar substance so that it will be somewhat yielding without, however, being too pliable or resilient. When some materials are employed in its construction, it is advisable to embed resilient wire or other reinforcing means with said member so that the necessary rigidity is produced.

Formed on the rear end of the s lint A are a pair of feet members B which are adapted to rest against the pelvic bone or adjacent part of the body and serve to steady the device during operation. These feet are rigidly secured to the splint A and are preferably provided with a soft covering.

Positioned on the other end of the splint A is an upstanding elastic band or 'ppin ring C adapted to embrace the orga i i bacg of the crown thereof to preclude its inadvertent withdrawal. An elongated elastic sleeve D is secured atone of its ends to the band C and, previously to the assembling operation, assumes the extended position shown, in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. a

This sleeve D may biz/(provided, at itsv free end, with a thicken enlarged ringlike portion as is the case with my prior structure, but this is, in the present case unnecessary. The outer portion of the s cave is, however, sli htly rolled back u on itself,

as at d, to faci itate a'further rol ing 0 ration which should be accomplished be ore adjusting the device in position.

In ad usting the device for operation the rolled portion d is further rolled in, from the position shown in full lines in the drawings, until it assumes the osition shown in dotted lines. When this as accomplished, the elastic qualities of the sleeve backwith a simultaneous unrolling thereof until it reaches the base of splint A, as

shown in Fig. 4. In this position it entirely embraces the splint A and organ associated therewith and binds the parts securely together for operation. The removal ofthe splint is efiected by reversing the attaching operations. I

.The device .of this invention is a marked improvement over my prior structure, in

that it materially reduces the cost of manufacture by the omission of the expensive parts. .Moreover the present device 1s more ein'cient and natural in'its functioning. The single splint; member A, when arranged along the under surface ofthe organ, maintains the uretheral canal in a substantially stra" ht line, thereby precluding constriction no to kinks or uneven pressure, such as was apt to occur in the prior structure, due to the relative movability of the two splints therein employed. n

A further physiological advantage is due to the fact that a greater and more sensitive portionand area of the organ is exposed or, at least, is left unobstructed by the, splint, it being manifest that both cor ora cavernosa are only covered by the thm flexible membrane sleeve. This invention thus more closely approximates natural conditions and functional sensations than was possible with the prior structure. The contour and shape of the assembled parts are also more anatomically correct in the present instance with the single splint than in the former two splint device. g

The present device may be more readily applied and detached than the former and, when in position, is maintained much steadier than heretofore because of the rigidity between the feet B. In the prior device this rigidity was not present and the splints were apt to be thrown out of proper relation with the result that the contour feet, both of which are and position of the organ were distorted. --Th1s invention, in contradistinction, as-

sures maximum efliciency, does not appreciably encumberth'e nital organ .nor, in

the least, interfere wit its natural functionings.

It will have been observed that the instrument described provides a means where- A retaining splint embodiymg a What I laim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent is: 1. As anew article of manufacture, a selflike splint member on y adap to extend along one side only of the genital male organ, and an elastic tubular sleeve secured to the outer end of the trough-like splint member and adapted to be drawn over said member and the associated organ for retaining the parts in assembled relation.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a self retaining splint embodying a single troughlike splint member only of semi-ri d. ma-

stiggle troughterial shaped to extend along one slde only of the male genital organ, and an elastic tubular sleeve secured to the outer end of the splint and adapted to be drawn over the splint and the associated organ, for retaining the parts in assembled relation.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a selfretaining splint embod a single troughlike splint member only 0 semi-rigid material and of substantially arcuate cross-section shaped to extend along one side of the male genital organ, and an elastic tubular sleeve secured to the outer end of the splint and adaptedto be drawn over the splint and the associated organ, for retaining the parts in assembled relation. 7

4. As a new article of manufacture, a selflike splint member only s aped to conform to andextend along one side of the male genital organ, an elastic tubular sleeve secured to the outer end of the splint and adapted to be drawn over the splint and the associated organ, for retaining the parts in assembled relation, and a supporting foot mounted on said splint member for main; tainipg it in operative position.

, 5. As a new article of manufacture, a selfretaining splint embodying a singlesplint member only of semi-rigid material shaped with an arcuate cross section to extend,

along one side only of themale genital organ, an elastic tubular sleeve secured to the outer end of. the splintand adapted to be drawn over the splint and the associated organ, for retaining theparts in assembled relation and a pair of supportin r1 'dly mounted on the single splint member or maintaining it in operative position and precluding lateral movement.

6. As a new article of manufacture, a self retaining s lint embodying a single s lint member on y, a supporting foot at. its ase, an encircling band at its free end, and a tubular elastic sleeve secured at one of its ends to the band and ada ted to be drawn back position.

7 As a new article of manufacture, a self- 8.- As a new article of manufacture, a selfretaining splint embodying a single stifi'enretaining splint embodying a single splint ing member only adapted to underlie or member only, an encircling band at one end overlie the genital organ and extend longithereof, and a tubular elastic sleeve, secured 5 tudinally thereof, to leave the lateral orat one of its ends to said band and adapted 15 tions thereof unencumbered b said sti ento be drawn over the splint member for seing member, and an elastic s eeve adapted curing it in position. to be drawn over the stiffening member and In testimony whereof I have signed my. the genital organ associated therewith for name to this specification.

1.0 retaining the parts in assembled relation. BERNARD SCHEINKMAN. 

